Kilisa Tours & Safaris

5 DAYS TARANGIRE, SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK AND NGORONGORO CRATER

Overview This safari takes you to three of the best national parks in Tanzania.

The Serengeti National Park is justifiably famous for its huge concentrations of wildlife, especially the big cats, as well as being the stomping ground of the Great Migration, a massive accumulation of 1.5 million wildebeest, 200,000 zebras and 350,000 gazelles stretching their legs over 1,200 miles in an annual race to find enough water and green grass for their survival.

The Ngoro Ngoro Crater is the world's largest intact caldera in an exceptional geographical position, forming a spectacular bowl of about 265 sq. km with sides up to 600m deep. It is home to as many as 20,000 to 30,000 wild animals at any given time.

The last national park on your itinerary is the Tarangire National Park, one of the more seasonal parks of Tanzania that boasts of great migratory movement and is a haven for bird lovers. The park also offers stunning scenery with its baobab-dotted landscape and presents a breath-taking concentration of elephants during the dry season.

Package Includes

Arusha – Tarangire National Park In the morning you will be picked up from your hotel to start your safari to the Tarangire National Park. Bush savannah, seasonal swamps and giant baobab trees make up the landscape of this nature reserve and the park is probably one of the best places in East Africa to see elephants. Not only they are found in thousands but also they seem to be more accustomed to the vehicles, and for this you can be closer to these gigantic animals. It is not only the elephants rather a varied numbers of animals such as to Masai giraffes, various gazelles, antelopes, buffaloes, lions, leopards, baboons and more than 500 types of birds make this the one stop solution for both the bird and the animal lovers. After the game drive you will leave the park in the late afternoon and drive to the lodge for your overnight stay

Game viewing time: 6-7 hours Overnight at: Ngorongoro Oldeani Mountain Lodge Meals: Lunch &Dinner Day 2 Tarangire National Park - Serengeti National Park After breakfast we head towards the Serengeti National Park, via the beautiful high lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Leaving the highlands behind, we descend into the heart of wild Africa – the Serengeti National Park – with its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. We head to the central park area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park, featuring the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. We arrive in time for lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti national park. After your tour around the park, you will be transferred to your lodge where you will be spending the night.

Game viewing time: 6-7 hours Overnight at: Lahia Tented Lodge or Kubukubu Tented Lodge Meals:Breakfast, Lunch &Dinner Day 3 Serengeti Plain After the breakfast proceed for game viewing drive along the Sogore River Circuit, which loops into the plains south of the Seronera River, and which is good for possible Lion, Thomson gazelle, topi, ostrich and cheetah sightings. We will enjoy a relaxed picnic lunch at the center in the shade of the giant acacia trees. In the afternoon we will follow the Kopje Circuit, which goes anti-clockwise around the Maasai Kopjes, which usually attract a number of lion and some formidably large cobras. Kopjes are weathered granite outcrops, scattered around the plains, most of which are miniature ecosystems, providing shade and drinking water in pools left in the rock after the rains. This makes the kopjes particularly good for spotting wildlife in the dry seasons – including lions, which like to lie in wait for animals coming to drink!

Optional If you like to watch wildlife from another perspective, we recommend you to go on a balloon safari. It is an amazing experience to drift silently above the plains with herds of wildlife The hot-air balloon gently takes you up in the air and floats wherever the morning winds may take you. During the ride you have a stunning and far-reaching view of the great plains of the Serengeti. From here you can spot big herds of wildebeest, giraffes and prides of lion’s right below you. At the right time of year and with a good amount of luck you might even be able to experience the great migration from above.

Game viewing time: 6-7 hours Overnight at: Lahia Tented Lodge or Kubukubu Tented Lodge Meals:Breakfast, Lunch &Dinner Day 4 Serengeti National Park - Ngoro Ngoro Crater Dawn is a good time to watch wildlife and so you will be up early to join an early morning game drive. You will return to the camp for breakfast before heading out for another game drive in the park. Here in the Seronera region you will often see wildebeests and zebras in close proximity of lions and other predators such as leopards and cheetahs. After a picnic lunch you will continue your journey towards the Ngorongoro conservation for overnight.

Game viewing time: 6-7 hours Overnight at: Ngorongoro Oldeani Mountain Lodge or Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge Meals: Breakfast, Lunch &Dinner Day 5 Ngorongoro Crater - Arusha After breakfast descend over 600 meters into the crater to view wildlife for a half day’s safari tour. Supported by a year round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro National Park supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants. Another big draw card to this picturesque national park, it’s dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot. We will visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner, which is one of the main features of the crater. A large number of flamingos, hippos and other water birds can usually been seen here. We will enjoy a picnic lunch in the crater, after lunch proceeds for another afternoon game drive until 1730hrs when you will ascend from the crater and transfer back

Game viewing time: 5-6 hours Meals: Beakfast & Lunch Later on, will follow the transfer back to Arusha town, or directly to the airport Overnight at: Mount Meru Hotel

What's included? 2 nights of accommodation in a Hotel (before and after the safari) 4 Night of accommodation in Camping safari Transportation in 4x4 Land cruiser with Fridge and Inverter for charging mobile Daily game drive A professional driver/guide Park fees & Crater fees Airport Private Pickup and Drop-off Transportation Breakfasts, lunches, and dinners per day during the safari Drinks (Mineral water – 3 litre of water per day) On safari – Vehicles equipped with ice chest with mineral water, wildlife guidebook. Government taxes, VAT and service charges relating to accommodation and included meals

Package Policies

** BOOKING AND PAYMENT** 1- All services are subject to availability and are not guaranteed until confirmed.

2- For the booking we request you to deposit 10% of the total value for each person through BANK WIRETRANSFER or Our online payment

3- The remaining amount can be paid upon arrival in US$ cash (Bills should not be older than 2001) or via credit card. Paying by credit card with additional cost of 6% Bank fees

Kilisa Tours reserves the right to treat the booking as cancelled/Re-scheduled.

Cancelling the trip will be no refund but we are able to handle your deposit within 24 Months for that you can re-schedule your trip accordingly.

PRICES 1. All prices are quoted and paid in US Dollars unless otherwise stated.

1. Prices quoted by Kilisa Tours are subject to change without notice and are not guaranteed until the time of booking confirmation.

2. Prices quoted are as per itinerary and per person and unless stated otherwise, include the following: Overnight accommodation as specified, national park and game reserve, entrance fees, overland transportation, domestic air transportation where indicated, drivers and guides fees (not tips), chimpanzee tracking permits, three meals per day as specified, unlimited mineral water during safari/climb (not at the lodges/camps), coffee/tea twice a day during safari, unlimited game drives.

3. Prices quoted do not include the following: Personal expenses, personal insurance, laundry, meals other than as stated, drinks, passport and visa fees, tips and gratuities, international flights.

4. Meals are provided three times per day; breakfast, lunch and dinner, often including a packed lunch or picnic for one of these.

5. Accommodation varies depending on location and price plan. Camping, tented camps, bandas, guest houses, tented accommodation and hotels are regarded as suitable accommodation.

6. Kilisa Tours reserves the right to substitute accommodation for those indicated in itineraries, when the tour is not yet confirmed.

7. Should a client wish to upgrade the standard of accommodation once the tour has been confirmed, a supplement is necessary. Upgrades are subject to availability.